WASHINGTON: The Pentagon’s top official for Asia spoke with an official from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Pentagon said on Wednesday (Aug 2), in a rare high-level conversation between senior US and Chinese national security officials.
“Assistant Secretary Ratner and Director Yang discussed US-PRC defense relations, as well as regional security issues,” a Pentagon spokesperson said in a statement.
He was referring to the assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, Ely Ratner, and People’s Republic of China Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs Director-General Yang Tao.
“The Assistant Secretary also emphasized the Department’s ongoing commitment to maintaining open lines of military-to-military communication between the United States and the PRC,” the spokesperson added.
Source: CNA
